The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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... elegance , in harmony and perspicuity of versification , he surpasses his predecessors in an infinite proportion ' : that his genius was universal , and adapted to themes of unbounded variety ; that his merit was not less in painting ...
... elegance , in harmony and perspicuity of versification , he surpasses his predecessors in an infinite proportion ' : that his genius was universal , and adapted to themes of unbounded variety ; that his merit was not less in painting ...
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... elegance of composition . I will transcribe four of these Balades as correctly and intelligibly as I am able : although I must confess , there are some lines which I do not exactly comprehend . VOL . II . BALADE XXXVI . Pour comparer ce ...
... elegance of composition . I will transcribe four of these Balades as correctly and intelligibly as I am able : although I must confess , there are some lines which I do not exactly comprehend . VOL . II . BALADE XXXVI . Pour comparer ce ...
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... elegant education , the earl accompanied his no- ble friend and fellow pupil into France , where they received king Henry , on his arrival at Calais to visit Francis I. with a most magnificent retinue . The friendship of these two young ...
... elegant education , the earl accompanied his no- ble friend and fellow pupil into France , where they received king Henry , on his arrival at Calais to visit Francis I. with a most magnificent retinue . The friendship of these two young ...
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... elegant traveller , the most polite lover , the most learned nobleman , and the most accomplished gentleman of his age . Dexterity in tilting , and gracefulness in managing a horse under arms , were excellencies now viewed with a ...
... elegant traveller , the most polite lover , the most learned nobleman , and the most accomplished gentleman of his age . Dexterity in tilting , and gracefulness in managing a horse under arms , were excellencies now viewed with a ...
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... elegant and just criticism on his poems . " Surrey , for justness of thought , correctness of style , and purity of expression , may justly be pronounced the first English classical poet . He unquestionably is the first polite writer of ...
... elegant and just criticism on his poems . " Surrey , for justness of thought , correctness of style , and purity of expression , may justly be pronounced the first English classical poet . He unquestionably is the first polite writer of ...
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